F1 2025 Standings: Max Verstappen suffers as FIA ruling hits champion hard at Belgian Grand Prix

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F1 2025 Standings: Max Verstappen suffers as FIA ruling hits champion hard

Here's how the Belgian GP impacted the 2025 F1 championship order

Sheona Mountford F1 Journalist

Motorsport journalist working in F1 since 2024.

Monday 28 July 2025 18:57

The 2025 Belgian Grand Prix has had a huge impact on Max Verstappen's title chances as a FIA ruling hit F1 champion Lewis Hamilton hard at Spa.

Sunday's race in Belgium may not have been a thriller, with Oscar Piastri only needing one overtake to speed off ahead of Lando Norris, but for others further down the grid it has had huge consequences.

Despite a sprint race win on Saturday, Verstappen was unable to finish any higher than fourth in the grand prix and has suffered even further in the standings.

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Verstappen is now a huge 81 points behind championship leader Piastri, as his chances of a fifth world title continue to slip further away.

Elsewhere, a deleted lap time in qualifying cost Hamilton at Spa, with the champion forced to start from the pitlane on Sunday.

While Hamilton managed to fight back into seventh and secure six points, he was hit hard in his inter-team battle with Charles Leclerc and remains behind the five-time podium finisher in 2025.

Leclerc has extended his lead over Hamilton in the standings to 30 points, with the 40-year-old unable to pick up a single point in Saturday's sprint.

In the constructors' standings, Ferrari remain protected with a 28 buffer over Mercedes, despite Hamilton's deleted lap, with Kimi Antonelli unable to score a single point after also being knocked out in Q1.

Piastri maintains his lead at the top of the standings

F1 Drivers' Standings after 2025 Belgian Grand Prix

Position	Driver	Team	Points
1	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	266
2	Lando Norris	McLaren	250
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	185
4	George Russell	Mercedes	157
5	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	139
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	109
7	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	63
8	Alex Albon	Williams	54
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber	37
10	Esteban Ocon	Haas	27
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	22
12	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	20
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	20
14	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	16
15	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	16
16	Carlos Sainz	Williams	16
17	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	10
18	Oliver Bearman	Haas	8
19	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber	6
20	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	0
21	Jack Doohan	Alpine	0

F1 Constructors' Standings after 2025 Belgian Grand Prix

Position	Team	Points
1	McLaren	516
2	Ferrari	248
3	Mercedes	220
4	Red Bull	192
5	Williams	70
6	Sauber	43
7	Racing Bulls	41
8	Aston Martin	36
9	Haas	35
10	Alpine	20

2025 rule change removes fastest lap point

The fastest lap point has been removed for the 2025 season. Since 2019, drivers have picked up an extra point if they finish in the top 10 and achieve the fastest lap.

However, in the past, this led to some drivers abandoning their races to pit and fit a new set of tyres in the final stages of the race in order to claim the fastest lap point or prevent a rival from getting the extra point, playing the tactical long game in the championship standings.

The most famous example of this last season came during Daniel Ricciardo's final F1 race, when the Australian finished last but claimed the fastest lap on the final lap of the Singapore GP, taking the extra point away from Norris and helping Verstappen's 2024 title bid.

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Sheona Mountford - F1 Journalist

Sheona Mountford is a motorsport journalist specialising in F1. As a writer and contributor, she covers a wide range of motorsport series from F1 to F1 Academy, responsible for breaking news, live race coverage and in depth analysis of the sport and the culture around it.

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